Hardware-address with IP-address

Hi,

I'm using TCPIP V. 5.3 Eco2 and have a question. For a program I need the following thing. I have the IP-address of a client and I'm now searching for the hardware / mac-address. Normally we use TCPIP show arp but at the moment (the collegues are installing a new network) I don't receive the hardware address.Under windows I can use for this nbtstat -A ip-addressDoes I have something like this under VMS, too or does somebody know another way to find the hardware address when I only have the IP-address?

Re: Hardware-address with IP-address

Kirsten,

then the client is most probably on another LAN and you are communicating to the client via a router. ARP only works on the local LAN. You would have to ask the router about the client's hardware address.

nbtstat may only show you the client's hardware address, IF any NetBIOS over TCP/IP connection is currently active.